Improvement in molasses-pitchers



E. B. MARKING.

"Masses-Pitchers.

N0. 140,515l Patentedluvl`yl,l83.

55 E l e UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

EDWARD B. MANNING, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO MAN NING, BOVVMAN & OO., OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENTl lN MOLASSES-PITCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,5 l5, dated July 1, 1873; application led March 1, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD B. MANNING, of West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Molasses-Pitcher; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a vertical central section, the cover closed; Fig. 2, a vertical central section, the cover as in the act of closing; and, in Fig. 3, the cup as prepared for the attachment ot' the top.

This invention .relates to an improvement in what are commonly termed molasses or sirup cups, and designed for table use, especially to that class ot' cups which have a provision made for the drip to return into the cup, and with reference to those in which the cup is made from glass and the top from metal. In this class of cups the usual construction has been to make the top and pouring-spout from metal, and attach them to a glass body by means of plaster of Paris or other suitable material.

The object of this invention is chieti y, trst, in providing the cover of a molassescup having a central spout with a flange projecting downward upon the inside of the cover, so that, as the cover turns over the spout, this flange will cut the drip from the spout; second, in the arrangement ot' an upward-projecting flange in the drip-channel in front ot' the central spout, as more fully hereinafter described.

The body A is formed, preferably, from glass, but may be of other suitable material, with a bead, a, around the neck 5 and above this bead the spout B is formed, cut back, as shown in the drawings. Aroundthis spout above the bead the metal neck C is applied,

this neck consisting of a flange, b, to fit close- Y ly the neck of the cup, and above flaring or projecting outward so as to form a channel around the spout B, the bottom of the channel corresponding to the rear of the spout, so that the dripA which falls into the channel will flow around and into the cup at the rear.

To this neck C a cover, D, is hinged at d, which covers over the central spout B, and also covers the neck C, as seen in Fig. l. Upon the inside of the cover a downward-projecting ange, e, is formed, so that in closing the cover, as in Fig. 2, the flange e will barely pass the spout, cutting off the drip.

As the drip necessarily falls directly in front, it' the cup is used immediately after the drip will ow over the neck C, because it has not had time to return to the cup. To prevent this I arrange in the neck an auxiliary chalinel by the construction of an upward projection, f, vertical, or nearly so, forward ot' the spout B. The drip falls between this flange and the spout; therefore, as the tipping ot' the cup will not usually bring this ilange to anyrthing beyond a horizontal position, the drip will not liow over this point. The ange e on the cover and flange 7" on the neck are alike applicable to all cups having the central spout and return-channel.

In order to attach a metal handle to a cup formed of glass or similar material, I form a socket, E, on t-he body of the cup, and construct the handle F with an arm, n, to set up into the socket, the upper end ot' the handle to be attached to the metal neck.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a molasses-cup having a central spout, B, and a surrounding' return-channel for the drip, the cover D, provided with a flange, e, upon the inside, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a molasses-cup having a central spout, B, and a surrounding return-channel for the drip, the channel formed by the auxiliary angej, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In acmolasses-cup, the body ot' which is glass or similar material, and the neck and cover of metal, the socket E formed upon the body of the cup, and a metallic handle, F, constructed with an arm, a, to enter the said socket, the upper end of the handle attached I to the metal neck, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD B. MANNING.

Witnesses: u

ORvILLE H.' PLATT CHARLES P. IvEs. 

